On September 5, 2024, one boy, identified as 13-year-old Khaled Ali al-Hussein al-Saed from al-Sukkariya village in eastern rural Deir Ez-Zour governorate, while killed by a drone of unidentified source that struck a truck carrying weapons in the village. Another boy, identified as 11-year-old Murad Hussein al-Abd also from the same village, was injured in the attack. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
We condemn all civilian killings, and call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the investigation’s findings known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
